Who: Undiscovered Destinations

What: Ground breaking, award winning, adventure travel company dedicated to providing truly authentic experiences in some of the world’s most exciting regions. Offering guided small group tours, with an extensive choice of guaranteed departures, together with tailormade travel, the company focuses on countries and regions that can genuinely be described as off the beaten track. Destinations include Chad, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Madagascar, Sudan, Somaliland, Iran, Oman, Bangladesh, Burma, Central Asia, Laos, North Korea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti and Venezuela

Details: 7% discount on our group tours only ( www.undiscovered-destinations.com)

What: a travel guide for the group, package and independent traveller, by Trevor Jenner. Full colour, 448 pages, over 600 images, published by Meru Publishing.

Who: The Greenwood Guide to South Africa

What: the only guide to small, hand-picked places to stay. Featuring only those places that excel in character, friendliness and the hostly arts, all the descriptions are written by the authors, not the owners.